28 April 2008

a week...



nora has discovered how to sleep on her pillow!! how cute...





















and she has definitely taken to the whole eating thing!!! what can i say.... she's my daughter!





















we took her out to play in the grass! she had fun!

















and such an infectious smile... i love her!








































on my birthday, we left nora with the graves... they almost didn't give her back! david and i had a great time and nora LOVED their dogs!!! we are going to have to get her one!






















we met our friends denise and ben at java mama cafe, a coffee shop that's kid friendly! nora got to experience the kids area for the first time!!!







a cute shot of nora... i can't believe how big she is getting! david and have both noticed that some of the baby chub is gone! that's what happens when you start moving! and she is doing that!!! she loves to go! standing is her favorite... it won't be long...





































some leftover pics of bath time!!! they are such cute kids... and look at their matching eyes!!!
















something made my girl not so happy about this pic! but she looks so cute!!!

































nora got a big girl car seat this weekend!!! what a fast 9 months!!

22 April 2008

bathtime again...


okay, so problems are being had with my blog... but here is a video! the kids were so cute in the tub together! (i tried to put the pics on, too, but it wasn't having it!) actually, it was more fun for chelsey and me. the kids barely noticed there was someone else in the tub with them, unless the other kid had the toy they wanted!




we have the most fun together! i am desperately trying to get a cute video onto the blog... but so far it's not cooperating! so, enjoy some pics. as you can tell, we have been spending quite a bit of time with our friend jeffrey! we love him, and the kids LOVE playing together. they are so fun to watch!










at the pool...




a new favorite toy... and then our day at the mall!!! (the mom's just needed fresh air, and it wasn't warm enough for babies at the pool!)

16 April 2008

out and about



we could FINALLY get out and about! we went to the zoo with several other moms and babies (there were five strollers total...7 babies and one on the way). we had so much fun! nora and i took this same picture in october (see october 11 post)... and it was fun to see how much she had grown! she took a great nap in her stroller, and seemed to have a great time!







nora and mark just hung out! they were the two babies closest in age. (he is about 8 weeks younger, and almost outweighs her!)












i built some bookshelves from ikea over the weekend, so nora's books are all much more easily accessible! nora discovered the books on tuesday and had great fun reading them! david got home from work on tuesday and nora was being a little grouchy. david said he didn't think he saw her smile at all tuesday night. that's not at all normal for her, so it is nice to have our happy baby back! she is definitely feeling much better!










she moves all over the ground now! she loves to be on the move. she can get most things she wants just by scooting and crawling. she will crawl on all fours sometimes, but she is still a little shaky that way. so, when she wants to get somewhere fast, she military crawls! her favorite are cords! she definitely arches her back when she doesn't get her way and is clear about telling you when she isn't happy! (thankfully it's not often!)












we hope that she will like to read as much as her mommy and daddy! she's off to a good start... she had most of her books off her shelf the other day and could look at ALL of them!

i am not sure if i have too much more by way of new things to tell you. she is desperately trying to pull herself up on the coffee table right now. she may just succeed... i should go watch a little more closely! have a good day...









nora loves to stand next to things. she doesn't have the easiest time getting up, but she can hold herself there when she gets there! she thinks she is such a big girl!


14 April 2008

my sick baby...

just thought i would share this video of my "sick" baby! don't get me wrong... she has her moments (like at 3am when she had a horrible coughing fit! i got up and we sat in our steam room...aka the shower... and prayed a lot. her coughing stopped!), and she is a little more cuddly and clingy that usual. but, here is a video that shows she is still my nora bean!!

we went to the doctor today, who said her pink eye is looking better! meanwhile as she was checking out her ears again, her ear got nicked with the probe and started bleeding... her poor ear! (nora was vigorously fighting the whole process)

as an aside... we just ran to ikea to pick something up (our water is turned off, so we couldn't do much at home, anyway). i bought some parts for bookshelves on saturday and i was assembling them today. (it's the kind of bookshelves where you buy what parts you need to make it fit the area you want) i needed two more shelves. the parts it came with can't be put in by our drill (the parts don't fit quite right), and we don't have a wrench. so, i figured i would ask one of the guys there if they carried wrenches.

he went and got me the little "s" shaped things that they use to put most of their stuff together. i told him i was looking for a wrench, then got the shelves and showed him what needed screwed in. so, he hands me more screws. i didn't think i could have been more clear by asking for a wrench, but finally i had to show him what i wanted by making the shape with my hands! i mean, i am not a toolbelt diva, but it was just a wrench!!! honestly!

so, we're back home and playing!!! enjoy the video!

13 April 2008

this weekend in quarantine...




bath time... she loves to kick and spalsh and play. however, it is quite frustrating to her when her toys float away. she tries to jump out of her seat to go get them!















here is our pink eye girl! she's a doll, and so good and fun to play with, even when she's sick!




















check out those eyes! so sad!!! she has developed a new skill... when she doesn't want to go to bed, she just sits up in her crib and cries and cries and cries... even if she is so tired she can barely keep her eyes open!












chubby cheeks! it's nora's new expression as she figures out what this really sharp thing is in her mouth! it's cute to watch!





























bath time is over and we get all dried off... it felt especially good to be wet because it was about 90 degrees this weekend! ahhh... so cal

we just turned our air on... hopefully that will help tonight!

















nora waits patiently for her food... i think it was peas today! she does a pretty good job eating... and only gets a little messy!
















she really had an opinion about the cards that dad was playing...
















some of you may have heard the songs that david makes up for nora. i finally remembered to capture one on video... they are the best!






12 April 2008

conjunctivitis...





nora as we went to have pictures taken... if you want to see the pics and haven't, email me!!!



david watched nora and jeffrey the other night while chelsey and i went out for about an hour. we came home to find him with both babies in his arms... apparently they were getting a little cranky at the end. the others are pics he texted to us! ahh, technology!! they had so much fun. well, nora did anyway. she discovered that she could grab and shake jeffrey by his shirt. it was like a real live doll for her! then, they both went in for a full on kiss! none of us had cameras ready, but they looked like they enjoyed it! i am glad they are such good friends!! (and i am glad that chelsey and jeff still let jeffrey play with us!!!)

















so, nora has pink eye.... but i think conjunctivitis sounds so much better (and describes the look so well!!) she woke up yesterday with gunk all in her eye. so, we went to the doctor. we saw two. the first one was in training, then the boss had to come in. nora did pretty well through both exams, until we had to hold her down so they could look in her ears! she was not a fan. however, she took great naps and slept so well last night! i can tell she's sick, because when i lay her down in bed, it's like "finally mom, you put me down". she just sinks into the bed and goes right to sleep. not a peep! it's the nora of 8 weeks... not the one we have been putting to bed the last few months!


but, she is a champ and has been taking her eye drops pretty well! i have been giving her some extra vitamins, and she even takes those well! what a good girl!



so, my eyes have been itching like crazy! but, i think that's mostly in my head... nothing gunky here yet! i have been trying hard to keep her hands away from her eyes (you can imagine with an 8 mo old how easy that is), and give her only toys that are easily washable!

07 April 2008

cry baby matinee























watching baby einstein this morning! she loves it and it lets me get some stuff done!





so, nora started the "military crawl" today... such a big girl! and, we went to another cry baby matinee... so much fun to sit through a movie! we went with two friends... nora behaved like such a good girl. she is babbling quite a few syllables... dah dah, tah tah, pah pah and mah mah. it's so much fun! we had fun this weekend with some of our boy friends... jeffrey and nora at jazzercise, then kayden and nora in the laundry basket. they love hanging out! kayden just got a big brother, so it was fun to play...

enjoy the video... and all the pics!!



01 April 2008

first meal!!!

so, nora at for real yesterday! it was quite a bit of fun. she stayed clean and seemed to enjoy it! it went much smoother than anticipated! i don't anticipate her always being a clean eater, but who knows?! david did songs and danced a little bit in anticipation. i think he was most excited!!

nora has grown up so fast! she looks HUGE in these two pics. i went in to get her from her nap, but needed to hang up some clothes, so she played so nicely in her crib! i guess that's the nice thing about her "room" also being the closet!


i spent quite a bit of time last night, organizing our photos into folders on the computer. we have amassed SO MANY photos in eight months! and in five years! what can i say... i like to take pics.


on another note, one last video from the trip. nora had so much fun doing "apple tree" and "paddycake". i do these at home, and she just stares at me. my mom does them, and they are the funniest thing to her!